The electric heater is humming in the cabin and it is nasty outside. I am nursing a cold. Ce Ce left Wednesday morning, good timing because my coughing that night would have kept the whole marina awake. But last night I was already much better. I am well enough to work on the writing projects.
Last Tuesday, I sat down with Victor Levi to get going on the cover design of “De Mastmakersdochters”. I received 43 foto’s from Marian Erkelens Korpádi of the Koster tot Kapealaan Botter race on September 29 and I am posting a few of these below. I plan to add more of these to the web site under https://cometosea.us/?page_id=1796 item 96) in the index “Traditional Sailing” in the next days.
You remember the picture I put on the blog a few posts ago of the English Pilot Cutter of my grandfather? My greatgrandmother bought this yacht from Jan Oost in Enkhuizen in 1906. Today I found several of his descendants who live on the (former) island of Urk. I plan to meet them and I’ve been promised there will be lots to talk about. So, here I go again. When I leave Holland half it’s population will be on the pier of IJmuiden to send me off out because of some kind of family or historical connection.
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- Volendam in costume
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- Henk van Halteren owner/skipper BU-59
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- Willem van Dierem. De laatste (1967) zeilende botter visser op wat nu de BU-59 is.
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- BU-59 Ce-Ce forward in Red
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- The BU-59
Sorry you are “under” the weather. I assume you know the obit was in the Tribune today?